Australien. Meet the women behind the injecting clinic that changed Kings Cross
Australien. Meet the women behind the injecting clinic that changed Kings Cross
Directly across the road from the Kings Cross train station you'll find the only medically supervised injecting centre in the southern hemisphere — but that's set to change.
After a spike in drug-related deaths in Melbourne's North Richmond, a trial safe injecting room has been green-lit by the Victorian Government.
Initially the state Labor Government was reluctant to support the facility and there has been resistance from some local businesses.
But Ingrid Van Beek says if her experience setting up the Kings Cross room in the 1990s is any guide, the community will come to support the room. (abc.net.au, Australien, 01.12.2017)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-01/whats-it-really-like-inside-a-safe-injecting-room/9198274